Digital tv

[glendale]

Is there ANY Free "Over The Air" digital TV stations here by the lake?
I have tried some of the cheep digital antennas to see if there was any stations I can receive but had no luck.

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by glendale

Is there ANY Free "Over The Air" digital TV stations here by the lake?
I have tried some of the cheep digital antennas to see if there was any stations I can receive but had no luck.

See post #2 here:
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...hlight=digital
which will lead to other threads.

Without a tall mast and highly directional antenna with rotor you won't have much luck.

[tbonies]

General statements on this topic are fairly meaningless. I am in Meredith and went out on Amazon. Got a $30 1byone amplified antenna with 50 mile radius. I point it east and pick up all of the Portland stations in HD perfectly. Bye bye Metrocast.

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by tbonies

General statements on this topic are fairly meaningless. I am in Meredith and went out on Amazon. Got a $30 1byone amplified antenna with 50 mile radius. I point it east and pick up all of the Portland stations in HD perfectly. Bye bye Metrocast.

I guess so, because we're in Moultonborough and even a rooftop antenna didn't receive any stations.

I think it may also have to do with the television and if it has a solid tuner or not.

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[rick35]

When they switched to digital they switched to UHF which is much more line of sight than the old VHF. If you are on high ground you'll probably have reception. I bought a good sized antenna when they switched and I couldn't get the Portland or Boston channels. I even tried a different converter box. Then I went to directv.

[Slickcraft]

Reception is very location specific. The referenced threads lead to two tools to estimate reception at your specific area:

http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/dtvmaps/
and
https://www.tvfool.com/index.php?opt...pper&Itemid=29

The prediction for Glendale is two moderate strength Maine signals given a roof mount antenna: VHF high station 8-1 and UHF station 6-1.

From the west side of Welch we get Vermont ch 31 and 41 with a roof mount high gain UHF antenna. Even with a high gain VHF High antenna, we can't get ch 9. And only marginal reception of Maine 8-1 from the reflection off of Mt. Major. Nothing looking east, too many trees.

[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by rick35

When they switched to digital they switched to UHF which is much more line of sight than the old VHF. If you are on high ground you'll probably have reception. I bought a good sized antenna when they switched and I couldn't get the Portland or Boston channels. I even tried a different converter box. Then I went to directv.

It was a partial switch from VHF to UHF. Prior to the transition channels 2 through 6 were in the VHF low band. After transition these all moved to UHF with the associated increased path loss of UHF. Most retained the same channel number, like 6-1 out of Portland which is now in the UHF band.

Channels 7 through 13 were in the VHF high band and still are. So we get channel 8-1, just barely, on a high gain high gain Yagi antenna designed for only VHF high band.

Most "digital tv" antennas sold today are UHF antennas of various designs that have only a token gain in the VHF high band. Thus shortchanging channels 7 through 13.